WEBVTT IT JUST CHANGED OUR FAMILY'SLIVES SO DRASTICALLY OVERNIGHT.KELLIE: THE CALIFORNIADEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISINVESTIGATING THE CASES WITH THEHELP OF THE FDA. THE NACHO CHEESE WAS SOLD ATVALLEY OAK FOOD AND FUEL INWALNUT GROVE AND TESTED POSITIVEFOR THE DEADLY TOXIN THAT CAUSESBOTULISMKCRA 3'S NATALIE BRUNELL METWITH THE FAMILY OF A SACRAMENTOWOMAN STILL BATTLING THEILLNESNATALIE: THIS MOTHER OF THREEREMAIN HOSPITALIZED ONE MONTHAFTER DEVELOPING BOTULISM.>> SHE IS ABLE TO MOUTH SOMEWORDS.SHE IS REALLY FRUSTRATED.SHE HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIMEAND SHE IS IN A LOT OF PAIN.NATALIE: SHE STOPPED AT VALLEYOAK FOOD AND FUEL PEOPLE 21ST,BOUGHT A BAG OF DORITOS ANDPOURED NACHO CHEESE ON THEM.>> SHE STARTED FEELING DRUNK ANDCOULD NOT ARTICULATE WORDS.NATALIE: WITHIN ONE DAY, SHE WASON A VENTILATOR.THE OUTBREAK NOW LINKED TO THENACH CHEESE SAUCE SOLD BY THEGAS STATION.ONE PERSON HAS DIED.>> I CRIED.THAT COULD BE US.SHOCK.I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOMECHEESE COULD DO THAT.NATALIE: THE CALIFORNIADEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHREMOVED THE CHEESE FROM THE GASSTATION ON MAY 5.KELLY'S FAMILY IS ONE OF SIX TOJOIN A LAWSUIT BEING FILEDAGAINST VALLEY OAK AND THE NACCHEESE MANUFACTURER BASED INWISCONSIN.>> FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE,EVERYONE IN THE CHAIN ISRESPONSIBLE.THE VICTIMS DID NOT DO ANYTHINGWRONG.NATALIE: THE CEO SAID THECOMPANY IS PRAYING FOR THOSEBATTLING THE ILLNESS AND ISSUEDTHIS STATEMENT."WE IMMEDIATELY RETESTED SAMPLESFROM THE RELEVANT LOT OF CHEESE,AND IT REMAINS CLEAR OF ANYCONTAMINATION.TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THOSETEST RESULTS, WE SENT MULTIPLESAMPLES TO AN INDEPENDENT LAB,WHICH CONFIRMED OUR FINDINGS."CALL TO THE GAS STATION WENTUNANSWERED.HER SISTER, TAKING TIME OFF WORKTO CARE FOR THE FAMILY, SAYSPOINTING THE FINGER IS NOT THEIRPRIORITY.>> I JUST REALLY WANT MY SISTERTO GET BETTER.

California man dies in botulism outbreak from nacho-cheese

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Updated: 10:59 AM EDT May 23, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —

A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese sauce sold at a Sacramento County, California gas station has killed one man and left at least nine other people hospitalized, health officials said Monday.

The San Francisco County coroner's office identified the dead man as Martin Galindo-Larios Jr., 37.

Matt Conens, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, declined to release further information on the death, the current condition of the other victims, or the status and extent of the investigation into the outbreak, discovered by early this month.

Family members of Galindo-Larios did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. An online fundraising page said he was married and the father of two small children.

Tests confirmed the botulism toxin in nacho-cheese dip sold at a gas station in the Sacramento suburb of Walnut Grove, the state health agency said in a statement.

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The agency said last week the container and cheese dip were removed May 5, and that authorities believe the contamination posed no further risk to the public.

Conens declined to disclose whether the gas station involved was still open, and whether authorities were examining if the contamination may have originated from the factory making the dip.

Botulism, a comparatively rare kind of food poisoning, can lead to paralysis, breathing difficulty and sometimes death. Survivors often are forced to spend weeks or months on ventilators to help them breathe.

A major outbreak of food-borne botulism stemmed from a church potluck in Ohio in 2015, when at least 29 people fell ill. Authorities blamed potato salad made from potatoes that had been canned improperly at home.